Does the Combined Degree program have a policy on thesis committee meetings?
Yes. I’ve spent a lot of time recently convincing our students that one of the keys to completing the program in a reasonable length of time is to be efficient. Based on my own experience as a graduate student and as a thesis advisor, regular committee meetings provide a good spur to keeping things moving forward. Our policy is the “6+6” rule, which means that combined degree students are expected to have their first committee meeting within 6 months of entering the lab full time and then every 6 months after that. Maggie keeps track and they are expected to turn in a copy of their committee report each time. I realize that this is more frequent than some of the graduate groups require.
